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There are many kinds of glycans, the most common being N-glycans, which can be arranged into three classes, that is, complex, hybrid, and high mannoses, forming a structurally very diverse set of polar compounds that are difficult to detect and separate. Most commonly, N-glycans are labeled before separation by charged or fluorescence tags for better MS or fluorescence detection, respectively. This study examines the influence of ionic strength and organic modifier selection on the separation of fluorescently labeled dextran ladders in Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography (HILIC). Using a Glycan BEH Amide column and varying the ammonium formate buffer concentration along with acetonitrile and methanol ratios, we investigated analyte retention, separation efficiency, and post-column conductivity changes. Our findings reveal that changes in the ionic strength of the mobile phase do not contribute to changes in selectivity, neither when acetonitrile nor methanol were used as organic modifiers to the mobile phase. However, the addition of methanol significantly changes the separation mechanism where two different prevailing separations mechanisms can be identified. It was assumed that the addition of methanol influences the folding pattern of dextrans around the permanent positive charge on the added tag, which influences the changes of separation selectivity. This work presents a systematic approach to altering mobile phase composition (buffer concentration, organic modifier type) to control retention and selectivity in complex glycan analysis. 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